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CHICAGO'S BIG FiHOi" A Panic Almost Resulted From the Collapse of Moore Brothers. THE STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED. Sjernlatora Undertook to Buy In All the Unloaded Diamond Match Stock at Big Prices?Their Margins Gave Out and They Had to Snspend?Liabilities Nearly #8,000,000?Canse ol the Crash. Chicago, III, August 5.?Nothing In many ?7 4103- WU3DU BUUU a. UUUJ la vv.? abates here as the collapse of the Moores ia tfeetr efforts to maintain their oontrol of the Diamond Matoh stocks and New York Blsen# or the "Cracker Trnst." It has been talic of every man connected with the. lock Exchangi and the Board of Trade Another striking feature of the failure, and no which in a measure showed its extent ?nd breadth, is the fnct that the Stock Exchange, for the flrst time in its history, adjourned indefinitely at once, its doors being opened without doing any '.?usiness. Thus the greatest speculation ever known Jn Chicago has culminated in the failure of the people who were behind the deal. It is believed that the failur" will aggregate between 57,000,000 and S8.0C0,0!)0. It is not ?Oin? out of the way to say that Vwk of the sensation on the Street was the quiet but generally understood belief that the fine Italian hand of the Goulds was to bo discerned in the crash. It was understood here several months ae;o that the sons of Jay fiould had growh restive over the alleged Monopoly enjoyed by the Diamond Match people. In order to check its growth Edwin ? *J ?^ zxr* fa I ATntr?h ' tSOVIIU UrjjtUJUCU IUS ... Company, and, with machinery equally good *9 that owned by the Diamond Company, became an active competitor for business. It *88 known also that the Goulds' masterly 1 financial genius had manifested itself in the ! proposed transactions in Europe, and that their power had interfered with the plans of the Diamond people. It was this knowledge which caused a slump in Diamond stock from 250 to 220 in a few days. "While the effeots of the failure will be far reaching and widespread, there will be no panic. The sensation produced in "the Street" was most profound, and amid all the ; hubbub could be heard expressions of sincere ( aegret for Judge William H. .Moore and James Hobart Moore, who have lost their 1 all, though the day before they were counted by the pubic as being among Chicago's mil- I onaires. 1 While the failure is ascribed to ov-rspeculation, it seems to be the general < pinion that the Diamond Match Company interests were crippled somewhat by the < fierce competition in which it has been 1 angaged with the Continental Match ComjMujy of New York, of which Edwin Gould is toe President. ] The Company's Hlatory. 1 The Diamond Match Company was orig- j faally a Connecticut corporation, and was formed for the purpose of controlling the J manufacture of ma'ches, It had not been J saocessful, however, to the time the Moores ' took hold of it. The Diamond Match Com- ' pany of Illinois was formed, which took m the properties of the former company. WnM thA formation of this company its sue- ' oess has been phenomenal, and out of it the 1 Hoores have made fortunes for themselves and for others. Factories in Akron, Ohio, were taken in as part of the assets. At the j time of the organization the capital stock 1 was 16,000,000. It kept extending its busi- ' Aass and purchasing other match factories, 1 and as it did so stock was Issued at par to ' toekholders. The increases in the capital ' took were made from time* to time, until the List oDe in February 1895, when the stock w*s increased from $10,000,000 to $11,000,9B0, the present capital. The last* $1,000,- ' 00 was used to save timber which.had been framed in the forest fires in northern Minne ota, and this timber was cut and hauled to wafer for preservation. At the time of the < ki8t annual meeting Fresident Barbe* esti- ( mated the value of this lumber at $1,500,000. , The last of the companies organized by the Moores was the New York BIssuit Company. 1 ar "Cracker Trust," which was incorporated I fa 1890. This was a rival concern to the j American Biscuit Company, and bakeries in J several States were purchased and the busi- 1 boss of making bread and crackers actively 1 engaged in. The capital stock of this com- > 3?ny at the present time is $9,000,000. It * *ns bakeries in nine States, three having keen purchased this year. The principal ? aoe of "these was the Mason bakery In Baltimore, which was acquired by the company * h March. The stock of this company ba3 8 keen an active speculative security since its * lonnatlon. J i WARSHIP SUNK BY TORPEDOES. J t Ttret Struck by Lightning and Set on Fire. The Italian armored warship Roma, of boat 5800 tons displacement, was struck by < Mgbtning near Borne and caught Are. The flames spread rapidly, the vessel being constructed of wood, with a four and a half ? Ench armor belt and twenty-six inches of j deck plating. Finally the flEtnes threatened , to set Are to the magazine and it was found eceasary to sink the Roma by discharging i torpedoes at her. ' 3tti6 warship was built in 1865. was of 000 horse power, '262 feet long, had a speed s ol about thirteen knots, and carried two ' twenty-three ceatim^tM guns and a dozen 1 napid "lire guns of dillaront calibres. < I SEWALL WILL NOT WITHDRAW. 1 He Says That He Will Not Make Way for I Watson. I Arthur Sewall, of Bath, Me., candidate for Vict>-Pre3ident on the Democratic ticket, was sked about the rumor that he was about to eeaisn in favor of Watson, the nominee of J the Populists. He?aid: "Any man who, for a minute, would entertain such au idea is not worthy oi being answered. I cannot say," , fce continued, "whether or not Mr. Bryan , will ectertaln a placeon the Populist ticket. He will come to Buth immediately after his I Botiflcation, wnich will probably take place ( in New Yortc. 1 will induce him to make his headquarters at my house while in Maine, j Mrs. Bryan will accompany her husband." ] , The Dead Engineer Blamed. I The testimony brought out at the Coroner's j inquest on the recent railroad disaster near Atlantic City, N. J., saoms to tlx the direct responsibility for the oceiiient oa Edward Farr, the dead engineer of the Reading express train. He disregarded the danger sig- 1 aals. - 1 Murdered Wife and Children. W. E. Burt, a member of one of the best tamilles of Austin, Texas, murdered his wife and two children, aged two aud four years, and place I the dead bodies in a cistern. H<> bound hi?? wife in a blanket and dropped her straggling body into the cistern. B'?th children had their brains knocked out. Burt fled. Weyler Turus Tempter. Capiain-Generai Weyler announced that j raws of Cuban filibustering vessels who aid I in throwing ? loh vessels inf> Spanish hands ! will !>?.' regard? ! as friends oi Spain and Sbcraily rewarded besides. i Explosion Spre.id-. Death nutl Hum. I By hqexplosion in a ? rework* factory at | Fuenfkirchen. Austria, flv? por-?on- were killed and 100 others were injured. Tue tiroworks which expired were la a .-ton- !> ?aeath th<? Towo Hall, and that ball ling, -ts well ad other houses about the market plaoe. was wrecked, and the whole town wa.s shaken. Watson Opposes Fusion. Thomas E. Watson, PopuIl3t candidate for Yice-Pr-aldeat, is opposed to fusion between Democrats aa.1 Populists ou doctors utiloss I Sttwad shall be withdrawn. j KINO OEOROE OF GREECE. King George of Greece is a second son of the King of Denmark. He was elected King of the Hellenes in 1863, and married in L861 the Grand Duchess Olga, a niece of the late Czar Alexander II. His oldest son, the Crown Prince, was born in 1868, and in 1889 married Princess Sophia, sister of Emperor William. BOY BEHEADED BY A LION. 4 Pet Blte? the Head Off Manager Hurd?? T.IKIo linn At Chilllcothe, Ohio, Eddie Hurd, the twofear-old son of Manager Hurd, was killed by i lion. Hurd and his wife are in charge of a part of Hagenbeck's trained menagerie, which is exhibiting at the fair jrrouDds near town during the week of the Ross County [air. As a drawing-card they had a two-yearrid lion tied to a stake near the entrance to the tent. The lion belongs to "Jim" Corbett, the prize-fighter, and was not regarded aa ferocious^ At 2 o'clock p. m., Mr. and Mrs. Hurd were at the tent, taking tickets with a big orowd on the outside. Little Eddie Hurd had been playing around the tent, and finally ventured too near the lion, which had been watching him closely. Suddenly the lion switched his tail, sprang violently forward, and the next instant the child's entire bead was in the animal's mouth. The ferocious animal shook the Infant as a terrier log would shake a rat. The mother, reckless of danger, rushed to the rescue of her babe and might have been torn to pieces but for the quick presence of mind of the father. People screamed and fled, while Manager Surd rushed to the lion, seized him by the aws, pulled them apart, and the headless jo'dy of his boy fell on the ground. It required a long time to club the lion into submission and get him in his cage. The audi 3UUO VYOS uisiuiaaou ouu MJ UU?<*? jiven. TWO STAGES HELD UP. Two Men and Two Horie* Shot by Oklahoma and Oregon Oatlawa. Two Osage Indians named Bain Dog and Dharles Krailer, held up the Greyhorse stage joaoh Jin the Osage country, Oklahoma, rhey secured $350 in cask and several gold matches, and went through two mail >ouches. The driver, Hen-y Somers, and Hartin Taylor, a hardware drummer from Pittsburg, Penn., were shot for refusing to hrow up their hands. Taylor's wounds are lot serious. Five persons in the stage were obbed, including a woman Indian teacher, s\f Tn^iono liioa iKutv;( vi Two masked men held up the WUholt itage near Mill Creek Bridge, Oregon. iVhen the order to halt was given the four lor&es attached to the coach started to run iway. The robbers opened fire on the inimals and qulokly killed two of them, >rlnglng the stage 'to a standstill. The llghwaymen then robbed the driver of his evolver and a small amount of money. The mssengers, four In number, were aleo forced o hand over their cash and valuables. WORK'NG FOR FUSION. 'nnr.nllnill of thd Pdonlp'l PartT 11(1(1 lu Six States. Populist convention were held on the lame day in West Virginia, Nebraska, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas and Kansas, :u Nebraska the State Committee was directed to confer with the Democratic Com* nittee to arrange a tuslon on electors. la Louisiana the Popullets nominated a straight electoral ticket. The Populists oi iVest Virginia nominated for Governor the leading Democratic candidate for the same )fflce, and favored electoral fusion. In Pennsylvania a committee was prodded for to arrange a fasion with the Demirats on electors. The Populist9 in Kansas appointed a oomnlttee to confer with the committee from the Democratic convention, also In session, on ;he question of fusion. HOLCOM9, BY ACCLAMATION. Nebraska's Governor Renominated by Stato Populist Convention. Governor Holcomb was renominated by :he Populist State Convention at Hastings, Seb., by acclamation, and State Senator Harris, of Nemaha County, was unanimously ;hosen for Lieutenant-Governor. The Dlatform indorsed the action of the - ^ * - 1 /? _ : ? i - a L recant ropuust i>au<;utu uuuveuuuu m 01. Louis, aad reaffirmed allegiance to the declarations therein. A resolution was passsed giving tho State Committee power to name id electoral ticker, uot less than four members of which shall be Populists. Switzerland's Coinage. Switzerland has in circulation an equal imount of gold and silror. or 815,000,000 in each kind of metal. Steven* for Governor. The Missouri Democratic Stato Convention, at Jefferson City, uuseated all tho sound money delegates and adopted a platform declaring for free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Lon V. Sipveiw was nominated for Governor. The Presidential electors selected are all strong free silver men and not likely to countenance any deal with the Populists. Unprofitable K:ulrou<lt?. There were 37.353 miles of railroad in this country operate.; under receiverships in th* V'%ar eud'i I June 30. ami our entire railway system was rati at h loss o! i29.S4j.24l. TIio N.itlaml Game. There now are thirty baseball clubs in En^'laud. Burk^tt, of the Clov^an Is. has made his lDCtti bit <.>f the year. Chicago ba? as good a throwing outfloid as thereis in the League. The New York* are bitting well, but weak pitching is their handicap. Broutbors says tin? Easfern Leas 10 plays faster ball than the National League^. xuo r?auonai uoara oas itwarueu v^roas, the short stop, to the Louisville Club. McAloer, of the Cleveland. has made but two errors at the center field this season. Catcher Warner, recently released by Ictilsville. \as by? allied by Yark, j KINC CEORCE MAY ABDICATE. Greece's Sovereign Ready to Give Up Hl? Throne to the Crown Prince. It is said that the various European ooart? have received letters from members of the royal family of Greece saying that King George will probably abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Constantine, Duke of Sparta, if the Powers compel Greece to desist from her aspirations to make the Island of Crete a part of the Grecian domains. SjfiiB" IfFDL BAItfAY WBBCI L ? v n Excursionists Killed by a Frightful 9 Collision Near Atlantic City. c t A TERRIBLE SCENE OF DEATH, \ ' 1: ~ 1) Trains at High Rate of Speed Crash Together?Flamna Add Horror to the h Scene?Work of Rescue Immediately ^ Begun?Tales of Survivors?Came of a the Accident?Identifying the Bodies. ? Atlantic City, N. J., August 1.?A rail- * road collision resulting in an appalling E slaughter of human beings occurred Thurs- fl day night a mile from this city. An express d train on the Reading Railroad rushing towards the sea at the rate of nearly a mile a n .minute crashed into the side of a train on a the Pennsylvania Railroad, the cars of which jj were tilled with excursionists whc had been ^ imaklng merry at the beach at a picnic of t; the Improved Order of Red Men, which is a 0 :benevolent organisation of National scope. iThe list of dead as revised numbered forty- a iseven, and this is thought to be correct, nl- v 'though there was a possibility that more 1 ibodies were under the debris in the pond e ;beside the wreck. The injared amount to aboutseventy. Almost immediately after the e catastrophe the news reached-Atlantic City, 1< anri relief trains, atnouiancos ana carriages ii improvised into ambulances were sent to the a scene ana tho rescuers kept at work all v night. A The accident was probably the worst that y .ever occurred on a railroad in New Jersey, t< iThere are conflicting stories as to what si caused it. One of the engineers of the trains p . is dead and the other engineer blames him. li The West Jersey Railroad train, having on h board excursionists of Red Men from Bridge!ton, N. J., left the West Jersey station in this city at 6.80 o'clock on its way to Bridgeton. ;After the train had leljt the station and was F on its way to the meadows, the engineer stopped and then waited to get the signal to go ahead. This was displayed and he pulled ,the throttle. The Reading express was comling along at a rapid rate. The first part of " the West Jersey train had got beyond the si crossing in safety, but ju3t as the third car [( was going over the crossing the ooliision came. The crash was terrific. Tlie engineer &i of the express train, Edward Farr, of Atlan- f' tic City, 9aw that a collision was unavoida- " ble. bat bravelystuck to the lover ana aiea. at his po9t. His body whs taken from be- ~ neath several tons of broken iron, which had ^ crushed his life out. ? , By the collision the Reading express train was thrown from the track and fell to the ,right, burying some of the excursionists who ~ had managed to Jump fro^ the West Jersey * train before the collision occurred. Many of ? the excursionists saw the approach of the ^ express and, knowlng'there would be acollision, tried to lump from the car. But a few *jj were successful, however, and when the col- M lision did come, they were buried beneath ?( the wreck. The third car of the excursion t(j train wa3 dashed into pieces. It was in that al .car that many of the people were who were killed. The car was thrown over and in a .few minutes it had been"set on Are from the 'locomotive of the Reading train. Th03e T people who were not killed outright by the -collision, and were pinned beneath the wreck, saw the blaze about them and cried 'plteously to be either killed or rescued, as hi 'they did not want to be burned to death. Y There were many rescuers on hand by this time. At once they went to the assistance C .of those imprisoned white others fought the iflre. They suooeeded in putting out the ^ I flames in a short time, and before anyone jj was burned. The baggage car of the Read- q '* ??an/1 fVia KQ f*f?Q CKX -ing Uil)rwa WOO mouagu, auu ?.&*? g ,and U. 8. Express Company's matter were r( wrecked and strewn about on all sides of the a, Itracks. The baggage master of the Bead- 0ling Railroad, when he saw that the accident j( 'was bound to happen, leaped from the bag- fC igage car and landed In a ditch, only to be ^ caught by the locomotive and crushed to ^ 'death. He was Samuel Thorn, and a resi- Cl Jdent of Atlantic City. s, ] There was not one car in either train that I was not damaged. All were thrown from p (the trtfck, but the peoDle who were not (killed were in the first part of the excursion r train. They were very fortunate, and when a ome of them saw how close their escape had been they fainted. Many of the mau went je jto work to help get their friends ouc of the y wreck. The train that ran into the West Jersey ex- ^ cursion train left Philadelphia for Atlantic 0] City at 5.40 o'clock, and wa8 due in this oity at 6.55. At the time of the accident, it is said, the express train was running at the T rate of fifty miles an hour. The engineer of She train, Farr, who was killed, had to de- I( pend on the signal-tower, and, believing everything right, did not s:ow up his train. Thore was a stranger riding with the engineer of the express besides his fireman. The so stranger did not attempt to jump from the o train, nor did the fireman, with the engi- K user the fireman stuck at his post and both were killed. The unknown "friend of the engineer was also killed. y< After the accident occurred word was sent ol to the Atlantio City Town Hall, which is but ol two miles from the scene of the accident w The fire bells were rung, and in an instant the firemen with their apparatus were on pt their way to the scene of the aonideht. They le did much to restore quiet, and;workedh6roi- be cally all night, some of them not leaving the th scene of the disaster before Dine o'clock this morning. All the people pinned unaefc the dt cars were not dead, the cries coming from sp them being plainly heard in the darkness, re In order to give the searchers some b< light, after darkness set in a huge bonfire pt was started,and this wag kept burning nearly all the night. As quickly as the dead and iti Injured were removed they were transferred F< to the hospitals and morgues. There are ct forty persons in the different hospitals here, cl not to say anything of the large number be- di ing cared for in the prirato resldjnces. re Every physician in Atlantic City, Egg Harbor City, Asbury Park, Long Branch and neighboring places went to the scene of the accident. Since being brought to the hospital seven patients died from their injuries, a! Nearly all the Killed were from Bridgeton g, and other places in South Jersey, aud as n soon as the bodies of the victims were recognlzed they were removed to undertaking es- ej tablishmunts to be prepared for shipment to 0| the homes of the victims. In one of the cars of the wrecked West Jersey train there was a woman sitting dead in a seat, and in her hand was a souvenir of the nice time the Red Men had at th? seashore. The souvenir al was in the form of a plate, and on ir was the ? Inscription: "A Merry Time in Auanttc tj City." The plate was unbroken. The woman's hands were crushed, however, and her head was badly mutilated, her features beinp unrecognisable. The old Reading excursion house has been si transformed into a temporary morgue. Row gi upon row of sombre-looking clack boxes in a which rest the mansjled and in some cases charred remains of the victims of the torriole disaster greet the eye. A most pathetic scene was witnessed when j Henry Muta, of Brid^etou, called. Side by | ' side lay two of the unknown boxes. The I cover was lifted from the first uox. revealiug ! tl the mangled and twisted remains of a man. | The face was distorted with the death aironv, j C bur with a low groan youust Muta sank upon ; h his knees murmuring ''Father." A moment later the second box was opened, showing p the dismembered body of Pean Muf.a. hi.s [j sister. The body of Mizenl May had hardly been identified when the dead wagon again rolled -c upto the door of t ho temporary morgue and a a' box containing the remains of the boy's j mothor. Mr.-. May, of Bridgeiou. was laid by J li hi^ side. She died in tbo City Hospital j S shortly before noon. ? Many jwople from Eridgoton, from where theill-fated excursion started, went to the } jj bceuc ui iic<;iuBui. ui bUu m hospitals were crowded. all th* people trv.ng v. to llaJ their relatives. The sceae wns heartrending. Some of the excursionists ot the h West Jersey train who were in tho tlrst cars [' and were not injured w )r^ tatteu to their }' homes in Bridqeton. Th~> news of the acoident had reaohed the place before them. an i ** as they alighted they were clipped in the arms of their relatives, who cri'id over them, h One of the West Jersey cars containing the a excursionists was knocked to pieces, while t' another wa3 thrown over into & salt pond, o bottom up. The car had to be broken with ajies by the fire cocopanius in order to get v oat the bodies of the dead. In this car few r ware found ailve when the rescuers sue- e ceedtxl in getting at it. Many ot the bodies g iTflE ATTITUDE OF BBYAH" Chairman Jones Says He Will Not Accept the Populist Nomination, iSEWALL NOT TO WITHDRAW. >f the dead had to remain In tne wrecked ars all night. Charles Blue, a resident of Bridgeton.waa q the car of the New Jersey train, whloh rus filled with Brldgeton people. He had a olracuious escape. He made the following tatement: 'The trains came together with a fearful rash, one running Into the other,apparently, n a most careless manner. After the crash he scene was indescribable. I do not know low I escaped death. Two children who at in front of me were crushed Into a shape0ss mass, while I was merely turned around n my seat. I noticed one family in particuar seated in the centre of the car. This amily consisted of the father, mother ad two cntldren. The father seemed to tave some warning of tne collision, as just efore the crash he suddenly seized his oungest child, which was a mere Infant, ad threwlt out of the open window. The .est instant the crash came, and this famJ. like many others, were crushed to death. e baby was found lying on the bank, apurentlv uniniured. I noticed a number of eraons escaped being crushed by jumping rom the moving train just before the accient happened. The work of digging the dead from the wful wreak was continued without intermission throughout the night. One of the wrui sights wltnes3?d was the men digging a a ditch to resurrect parts of human bangs, and in some instances raised whole odies, but crushed almost beyond recoguilon. The grimy, sweating workmen worked n by the aid of lanterns until daylight gave hem an opportunity to seethe proerress they rare making. Sections of cars were out way and lifted in the search for the dead, rhose numbers grew as the work progressed, 'heir labors were rewarded by the discovry of three bodies. Coroner McLaughlin, who has been gathring evidence from all sides in an effort to ;arn where to look and upon whom to fix tie blame of the appalling disaster, said that s near as he could judge the excursion train rns forty minutes late in going out from .tlantic City. He had not ascertained as et the rules governing the signals from the awer for passing trains. The towerman tated to the Coroner that he had shewn the roper signals. The towerman, whose name i Hauser. Is now In the city jail and will be eld pending the investigation. BBin/>prnu III turn IDMIKI^ niuuL i win in iiiwwiiifniwi uneral Train Arrives With Its Dead and Injared. Bbidoetox, N. J.. August 1.?The second st in the Atlantic City tragedy occurred at 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a secial train over the West Jersey Bailroad >lled slowly into the Brldgeton depot bearig the dead bodies of the victims in their astily constructed caskets. All the afteroon a great crowd waited at the depot for te train. Nineteen of the corpses were brought to ridgeton. They were those of Mr. and Mrs. rilliam C. Loper, Mr. and Mrs. H. Frazier ell, Charles P. McGear, Charles Mulford. imes N. Bentman, John G-riner, Sr.; little earl Muta, Charles D. Barroueh, Mr, and [rs. Bichard Trenchard, J. D. Johnson, rederick Cheney and his son, Joseph, ana is daughter, Nina; Joseph Earnest, Joseph eters and his son, Morris. The arrival of the train produced one of le saddest sights ever known in Bridgeton. !any persons were weeping, and their sobs >uld be heard a long distance. In addition i the dead a few of the injured who were 3le to travel came home on the train. TAMMANY FOR BRYAN. be Executive Committee Indorsee Hi* Nomination and Pledges Support. The Tammany Hall Executive Committee eld Its first meeting In the Wigwam, in New ork City, since the Democratic National onvennon at uuica?u, This resolution, adopted without a dLs>nting vote, places Tammany Hall fairly In ne for the Chicago ticket: "The Executive ommittee of the Democratic organization t the city and county of New York, In iguiar meeting assembled, does hereby icept and approve the nomination I William J. Bryan, of Nebraska, >r President, and Arthur Sewall, of Maine, >r Vice-President of the United States, as le wise determination of the Democratic ational Convention, recently held in Ohiigo, and we pledge our loyal and hearty lpport to their candidacy." Feeling in the matter was not unanimous, orraer Police Commissioner James J. Marn. leader of the Twenty-seventh Dlstriot; ollln-M. Morgan, leader of the Ttrentyinth; Andrew J. White, associate leader of le Thirty-flrst.and Charles F.Allen, associate iader of the Twenty-seventh, did not vote, hey voted in favor of a resolution bv Mr. ' ' - ? *11 11 r\AT> fVia nnQQ- I .aruii uoioruu^ an aouuu upu xj^v-won of indorsement until after the meeting C the State Convention. HREE KILLED BY A CHUTE BOAT. : Struck a Light Craft on Lake Ottossee as It Came Down an Incline. Three persons were drowned and a fourth riously Injured in an accident at Lalce ttossee, an outing resort, three miles from noxville, Tenn. The dead are Charles Perry, eighteen iars old; Walter Wri?ht, twenty-one years d. and Miss Carrie Phibbs, seventeen years d. The Injured is Mrs. Forrester, a widow, ho was with tnem. The party was rowing on the lake in the irk in a light rowboat. and through caressness they came in the course of the chute >at as li came uowu tuu siccp muuuo miu ie water. The chute boat, loaded with ten persons, ished down the Incline at a terrific rate ot >eed and hit the water with much force. It bounded into the air aad on the second >unce struck the rowboat with its occuints. The crash upset the row boat and drowned 3 passengers, with the exception of Mrs. arrester, who came to the surface and mght on to the upturned boat, where she ung until assistaace arrived. Expert vers were soon put to work and the bodies covered. Traia Robber Hanged. James C. Cashergo, alias George Wilsonias Jim Townsend, was hang9d at Fort i ni!h. Ark., for the murder of his employer, j man named Tbateli, on the border of the ickapoo Reservation in April. 1895. Cash go was a member of the Heary Starr's gang ! train robbers. Texas Colonel Kills a Preacher. The Rev. W. A. Forbes was ahot and killed L the Cotton B;lt depol, Texarkana, by ; olonol John B. Hailum. The shooting was lought to be the outcome cf a quarrel. I Satolli'4 Successor. The Pope hits appointed as Mgr. Satolll's lecessor in the United States iho Rev. &bastiun>Martineui, Prior-Goueral of the ugustios Chaussts. Cycling Notes. Longer cranks are becoming fashionable, specially with tall riders. In France, where everybody and everyling are taxed, bicyclists* pay 42.25 a year. There is a terror of th"! town in Kansas itv who reads his morning uewspaper tis e scorches through the street*. Tamper with yo'ir machine as little as ossible. Your tinicenug will do no good i nless you are a practical mechanic. Most riders pt?aai mor? strongly with one !g thau the other. An uneveu poJaliing I ction is a prolillc eausa ot side-slip -pills. i Then are probably more bicycles por end oi white population in Jobuunesburg. j outli Afrlcu. tu.'iL iiuvwuero cis'' iu tae orlJ. Ac a recent bicycle wedding iu Aurora. I., tao bride wad attired iu dark creeu I loumer*, trimmed with gol.i to matcb her j heei. A bicycle honeymoon trip ?o!iown.i. If a collision with a dog feems unavoida!e. grasp your Uaa Le bar"very firmly do*; > the steeriug piiiar. anl yoa \rlli probaly come out of the accident much mori' ifely. Tbe chain i? a vita! part of the w'nee. and as more to do wita the easy running of the iachlu-5 than any other one thing. Sea lat it i* kept clean and have it soaked in il once a month. nr.Mitivn f?r Aiirf nwav aheai in ad ance of Now Tork in tne matter of good oads for cyclists, thanks to the energetic fforts of the riders themselves. Ana the ood work still continues. - The Manager of the Democratic campaign Announces That the Chicago Nominee Will Stand by His Telegram to the People's Party Convention?"Tom" Watson'i Position?The Fusion Scheme ' Washington. D. 0., August 3.?Chairman JJones, of the Demooratio National Commit[tee, who has just arrived in this city from Arkansas, bays that the iooatlon of head* {quarters and the selection of the Executive Committee will be determined and announced at the coming meeting of the National Committee in New York. ' With regard to the published statement of Populist Peek, of Georgia, that an agreement was made in St. Louis to withdraw Bewail in favor of Watson, Chairman Jones gives it an unqualified denial. He says that -/innranHiin had adiourned, and OUOl IUW VVbfvWMw.. ? _ _ when he was preparing to leave St. Louts, a messenger boy delivered a letter signed W. L. Peek, urging that Watson be substituted Tor Sewall. In this letter Peek doclared that 'the Democrats could assure the success of their Presidential candidate by making Wat son their oandidate for Vice-PresMent. This 'letter, said the Senator, disproves Peek's allegation that an agreement bad been entered into. Concerning the Hill amendments to the Chicago platform, Chairman Jones asserts positively that all of them were rejected. He says Hill offered four amendments and that he (Jones) gave tbem special attention for the express purpose of making sure of their rejection. As to the amendment relating to a^oHno enntrftfits." Senator Jones says It was rejected by 90 decided a majority that Senator Hill remarked that he would not ask for a yea and nay vote. When asked the question. "Will Mr. Bryan accept the nomination offered him by the Populists?" Chairman Jones answered 9low!y ana deliberately, "Bow can he? He was nominated wtlh Mr. Sewall on the Democratic platform, and he will do nothing that will refleot upon him as a gentleman or as a Democratic candidate. "He appreciates very highly the fact that the Populists honored him with so many of their votes,but when he sent that telegram to the St. Louis Convention requesting the withdrawal of his name he meant that he could not accept the nomination; He is of the same mind now. . "But suppose the Populists do nominate another candidate for the Presidency, what will be the situation? Mr. Bryan reoeived a thousand votes in their convention, and then this Cential; Committee, composed of a few men, comes along and nominates a new man. It will simply mean the disruption and disorganization of the Populist party. *' v* h a tto "We all icnow iaai w? ura >u either Bryan and Sewall or MoKinley and Hobart. The best man and the most intelligent of the Populist party will vote for Bryan and Sewalf. That section of the Peo- , pie's party that Is actuated by patriotism will vote for free silver, and when they find that the Populist party, which was organized to bring about free silver, and whion they joined with that objeot in view, is forsaking its mission they will oome back to the Democratic party. "I found, while at 8f. Louis, that the Populists of the North and West were generally broad-minded and patriotio men. There were some of the same sort among the representatives from the 8outh, but as a general rule the Southern delegates were not a creditable class. They practically admitted while In St Louis that they were out for nothing but spoil. They said even that there was 'nothing in It' for them to Indorse the Democratic nominees, and this same spirit will probably dominate their actions In the future. They will do all that they can to harrass the Democracy and create confusion, and in the end they will do iust as they have done in Alabama, fuse with the Republicans and vote for McKinley. They will go with the negroes, where they belong. "I do not know just what Tom Watson's attitude is," continued Senator Jones, "but I received a telegram some days ago from dark Howell, saying that Watson was raising a good deal of a fuss and declaring that the withdrawal of Mr. Sewall was the first step that must be taken to obtain fusion. "I suppose that Wat9on really believes that he can 'bluff' us into withdrawing Mr. Sewall. Just as though such a proposition could be considered for a moment ,by any right thinking man! Mr. Sewalt will, of course, remain on the ticket, and Mr. Watson can do what he likes. "I sent back word to Mr. HoweTl that 8ewall would not be dropped, but that I was willing to make any fair and proper arrangement with the Popuilsts on the electoral tickets. The question of representation on the electoral tickets will have to be decided by each State, and I have no doubt that satisfactory arrangements will be made, and * 11 will ho that Bryan ana oewuu In all the Southern and Western States. Just what arrangements will be made I do not know." BRAVE RESCUE AT SEA. Frenchm&n Took Twelve German Mariners From a Staking Ship. Twelve distressed mariners, whose thrilling rescue in midocean from a waterlogged and slowly-sinking wreck formed a dramatic incident of the French line steamship Bourgogne's voyage to the Port of New York from Havre, arrived in New York City on board that steamship. Their own vessel, the German bark Ernst, from Wales for New Brunswick, haa gone the way of the storm conquered. The rescue was made during the height of a heavy gate and undereircumstauces which severely tried the courage and seamanship of the rescuers. It was witnessed by the three hundred passengers of the big liner, who clung to the reeling taffrail, and. heedless of the fearful rolling of the ship and the storms of spray which dashed In their faces, '"* ul u-K.aaI-C fViu crri)??lB watcneu WHU Ulauuueu of the life savers to reach the wreck. It seemed at first as though the effort wouid end la disaster. While being lowered one of the rescuing lifeboat? was 'upended by a breaking sea. and three of its five occupants were hurled into the water. The Boulogne hal then a rescue of her own on hand. | A second boat went to the assistance of i [the firs: and the three men were picked up. TJndaunted by their cwa narrow escape, the first boat's crew continued in the worii of rescue after tbe three meu had been taken on board their craft and the boat bailed out. Will Not Promise nn OftU-e. Regardingthc rumor that he had promised to appoint Governor Altgeld. of Illinois, Attorney-General, W. J. Bryan, the Chicago nominee, said: "In order to answer, once for all. rumor? in regard to places promised, 1 desire to say that I have not directly or indirectly promised any office of any kind to any parson whomsoever, and shall not, during the campaign, promise any oftica u! I '-..-I >? .inv r.rtrRou whomsoever.'' ilXlV liiuu IV UWJ J'?... - ? Niueteeii Horses Killed bv Lightning;. J A: Eiiiuburg, Ohio, a bolt oi liijhtniu^ I I:iiIt'll ivueteeu liorsus beloagiug to J. X. } Bradley. j i i Prominent People. Tli? Priaee of^ales an l tbo Duty of Con* ! naught ar? tbe first kaightd o'. th* uew Vic- j tormu order. I Prince.^ Heieae, tbe Duelings oi Spartan ; baby, is yueeu Victoria's ttrouty?seeoaJ | greii'-graadchllJ. Itudyar J Kipllag is open to engagement us j " Tills is cald t0 OS t!l< I tt H ii; l.uucovvwuv*.. ambition of his life. Physically ILr. Austin L? the smallest Poet Laureate Great Britain ever had. He is only a little over four feet tall. The late Baron Hlrscb received an average of 400 beggLag letters a day, and never read them, though he gave away In a single year aa much as $15,000,000. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WMhiajrton Itraa*. The Treasury officials have found a counterfeit half dollar which contains more silver than the Government coin; they believe they are the work of Western counterfeiters and that a large number are in circulation. Postmaster-General Wilson has decided not to take any part in the coming campaign. He will sail for Europe on October 12, and will remain for about two months, He will be accompanied by his wife. The President appointed Walter B. Barker? of Mississippi, Consul of the United States at Sagua la Grande, Cuba, and Joseph L. Hance, of New York, Consul at Cardenas, Cuba. Mr. Barrett, Chief of the Department of Electricity at the World's Fair, has been honored with a medal from the German Government. The President appointed McGrane Coxe, of New York, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United 8tates to Guatemala and Honduras, to succeed P. M. B. Young, deceased. Mr. Coxe is a native or Alabama. The Treasury began sending out checks in payment of the $5,000,000 sugar bounty appropriated by Congress and heid up by Comptroller Bowler. The monthly Treasury statements from Washington showed a deficit of 813,000,000 and an increase in the public debt of nearly 811,000,000 in July. The court martial which has been trying Lieutenant J. C. Col well, of the jam Kat anatn, at tne new xor& rmvjr, miu, acquitted blm of the o barges brought against him growing out of his alleged assault on a waiter at New London recently. The findings have been approved and the officer restored to duty. Attorney-General Harmon dismissed the Government suits against about ten thousand settlers made defendants with the Union Pacific and other Western railroads. Domestic. BZCORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS. Per Per Club*. Won. Lo?t. ct. | Club'. Won. Lo?t. ct. Baltimore.58 27 .682 Brooklyn.40 47 .460 OO CQ I lnK.lo,4a1 QQ J.Q 4.49 v/iuuimxauui i .uuuLmiauot.ivv Cleveland 57 31 .648!New York36 51 .414 Chioago. .53 40 .670:vr8hing'n34 50 .405 Pltt3burar.49 39 .557 St. Loui9.28 60 .318 Boston....47 39 .547.Loaisville22 64 .256 Albert Pauley, of New York City, an epileptic, became insane, and, after threatening his mother and sister with a rifle, shot himself dead. The Rev. Michael M. Murray, assistant pastor of St. Malachy's Church, Brooklyn, was drowned at Rockaway Park while bathing. In Brooklyn, Alice Heaney in a fit of insanity chopped her sister's head to pieces with an ax as she slept. _Phllip Abbott, Assistant Solicitor of the Wisconsin central ttauway, ieu irom tee top of one of the Rooky Mountains to the bottom of a canyon, a thousand feet below, and was killed. Mrs. Bertha MoDonald, aged nineteen, living on the Utah plantation, in Franklin Parish, La., was assaulted and murdered ten miles from Gilbert station. Hiram WeighUn ationpcfqrf nf thfl double crime. was arrested soon afterward. He made a confession, and was lynched by a mob which took him from the Sheriff's posse. John B. Hinckson, a candidate for Presidental elector on the Democratic ticket In Pennsylvania, announced that he would resign. as he could not support the Chicago platform. Fire in the Telephone Exchange at Concori, Tenn., destroyed a dozen business houses. Followers in New York City of the Rev. Father Kneipp, of Germany, petitioned the Park Board to designate certain parts of Central Park where they may walk barefoot on the grass in the early morning dew. Four persons were killed on one day and many prostrated by the heat in New York City. Street thermometors registered 104 degrees, though the official temperature was given at eighty-eight. A freight wreck and powder explosion occurred on the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad, at Weldy's Siding, Penn. Michael Smock, the engineer, and Alexinder Smith, the conductor, were killed, and Henry Dreisbach, the fireman, wa3 seriously scalded. In New York City, Francesco Lomeo, jealous of his wife, arrayed himself in holiday olothe9 and tried to shoot his child. The mother interposed, receiving the bullets in her body. Then Lomeo blew out his brains. While diving from a hone's back at Bath Ttaanh T.nnrr Talanri a hnqf-l?r named Bftrtha was kicked in the Btomaoh. He sanlc and was drowned in the presence of many people who were applauding hia feats. Soldiers on picket duty in Cleveland, Ohio, prevented two strikers exploding what is supposed to have been a dynamite bomo. The strikers were pursued by the soldiers and about twenty shots were exchanged. "Judge Calvin E. Pratt, of the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, died suddenly, of apoplexy, at his country home, in Rochester, Mass. Cleveland ('Ohio) rioters blew up with dynamite the nouse of a grocer who had refused them credit A large number of cotton mills in Fall River, Mass., closed down in order to curtail production. The Rockefeller iron mines In Michigan have been closed, throwing 7000 men out of employment. Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr.. eldest son of the multi-millionaire of the same name,and Miss Grace Wilson were married at the New York home of the bride's father. None of the bridegroom's family attended the ceremony. Ji.nore Drotuow, ui vm^a^u, v* the Diamond Match Company and the NewYork Biscuit Company, announced that they had failed. A meeting of prominent financiers and Chicago bankers was held about midnight and it was agreed by them to close the Chicago Stocii Exchange indefinitely. These men said it waa the only course for thom to pursue. Henry Teuscher, a farmer arrested at Burlington, Iowa, ha9 confessed that he murdered his grandfather last winter during a family quarrel. The Spanish Consul at Philadelphia has offered a reward of $10,000 for information that will lead to the capture of any filibustering expedition in the Cuban waters. Four men were killed in u battle between j sheepmen and cattlemen in Oregon. Reports from the storm which passed over j Nashville. Tenn., indicate great damage to crops and trees. It was the most intense combination of tornado and oloudburst that ( ever visited that neighborhood. Frank Tierney was fouad guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury at Sandusky, Ohio. He murdered Frank Heipoian. of New York, iu a boxcar. Tieraey will be the first man to die in the electric chair in Ohio. Mrs. Mastiok ana granddaughter Mabel, who were struck by a train at Plattshurg. N. Y.. while riding with Mr. Mastick, who was instantly killed, died about three hours after the accident. \Y. Bourke Coctran, of New York City, has bolted the Chicago ticket and advocate.-* the election of McKinley. Fire in the Cramp shipyard in Philadelphia. Penu.. destroyed the big paint shop of the concern with its contents. Riots occurred on the "East Side." New York City, as the result of efforts by tailors to cloio down sweat shops started u;j with uou-union iai>or. Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Tyier. the former j tlio nronrietor of the Brooks House, were i drowned while bathing in the Connecticut River at a point about threo miles above Brntlle!)0r0. Vt. Frank Wollwober was shot and killed by Poiu'eroiiQ Thomas R. Meyers. after commit', tins burglary in Now York Cltv. Dwight L. Mooly's annual conference of j Christian Worker* began in North Hold, Mas?. Washington Aroh, New York City, wa* struck by lightning and mutilated during a heavy thunderstorm. Charles A. Greene, a lineman, was killed by electricity on a pole in UulonSouare, New l'ork Cltv. Foreign Votes. A big rebel stronghold nearBaracoa, Cuba, was captured by Spanish troops after a severe engagement. Madrid. Spain, was visited by a severe thunderstorm, accompanied by torrents of rain and hall. The oldest inhabitant re members uouuug use tue 3u.c ui uio urn*- i atones cr-"* - - T. THE ALABAMA ELBGTH Returns Indicated a Victory for th^H Democratic Ticket fl| CLAIMS OF THE FUSIONISTS* '.TfUAnfi V. .Trthnaf nn fit a TIaty* fW* V^tlic Ctndi^^B date, Defeat* Albert T. Goodwyn, Be> publican-Pop allit?Democrat* Claim the Lerfjlatare by a Two-Third* Vote ?Tiulonleta Maintained They Won. Ho4Tooici27, Ala., August L?The latest returns received from the State election In Alabama yesterday indicate the election of Joseph F. Johnston, Democratic candidate for Governor, by a majority variously estimated at from 30,000 to 50,000. over Albert T. Goodwyn, the Populist and Republican fusion candidate. The Legislature is be lieved to be Democratic by a safe majority, and this is regarded by the politicians as of great importance, as the new Legislature will elect a United States Senator to succeed James L. Pugh. whose term expires next March. Returns show that the voting was fairly even in the upper or mineral section of the State, where there Is more opposition to the Administration than in other parts.; In rural districts, however, the Populist' vote appears to have fallen off to the advantage of the Democrats, whoso free silver platform gained votes. The registration was unprecedented In many parts of the State, and the vote was* almost up to the registration. The returns .show that Johnson carried almost every county which two years ago went for William C. Oates. In only three counties are losses to be noted and only two counties are thought to be lost entirely. Goodwyn did not carry all the counties which went for Reuben F. Kolb la the oontest in 1391, and he gained only two. Captain Johnston says that he oelieves his majority will go up to near 50,000. John R.i Knox, Chairman of the State Democratic Campaign uommirree, says mat iuo jjcuiu* cratlo tloket Is elected beyond a donbt, and the Legislature Is safely two-thirds Democratic. The fusionists made a desperate effort to get the Legislature, hoping thereby to seat Goodwyn as Governor. ! The Populists say they will depend on the horseback returns, and expect Goodwyn to show up with official figures between 15,000 and 20,000 majorities, but have nothing to base their claims on. They do not pretend' to have any returns of the vote, but assert that Goodwyn has carried eight counties which two years ago went for Oates, and lost two which gave Kolb majorities in that contest Democratic leaders say they have enough, returns at midnight to show that nine counties which went for Kolb two years ago have gone for Johnston. Peyton Bowman, a leading Populist, says that Goodwyn should be elected by at least! 20,000 majority or thq Democrats have acted unfairly, in retaliation for which the Popu-; lists Intended to form McKinley and Hobarf clubs for the November eieotion. In Jefferson County, the largest in the State, the result at midnight is rather doubtfuL The American Protective Association, strongly organized, made a heavy fight on the Democratic tlokets on account of three Catholio nominees. The colored voters in all parts of the State do not seem to have gone solidly for G-oodwyn as was expected. It was thought that the colored voters on account of Goodwyn's vote in Congress In favor of Murray, the colored contestant from South Carolina, would vote almost to a mas for the fuslonist candidate, but that vote has been aivided between the two candidates, so it would seem from returns in, Johnston made great gains in white oountles in North Alabama which went for Eolb in '94/while South Alabama did not reduce any Democratic majorities whatever. J. Asa Bountree, general manager of the State-Herald, Birmingham, Johnston's organ, says that figures received in the headquarters of the Democratic party are to the effect that Johnston has so far carried nine counties that went for Populists before and more are to be heard from. Populist leaders refuse to concede defeat, and replv that tne official figures will change the results. There is little danger of the result being changed, and all that the offlolal figures can supply Is the exact amount of the majority for Caotatn Johnson. Oates's majority over Eolb, fusionist, two years ago, was 27,352. Jefferson County, where the result was doubtful, gives about one thousand majority to Johnston, a gain of 978. Tallapoosa, a ,strong KoId county in 1894, also had a small margin for Johnston. The Populists1 strength is mainly in the rnmntn r>mintrv districts. The "black belt," as far as beard trom, sends in its usual Democratic majorities. Anniston, Mont- m gomery, Mobile, SeKna and Eufaula have given Johnston large maj orities. I The election passed off quietly except In H Ironton, in Talladega County, where several list lights occurred at the polls. Finally, so H much dissatisfaction was manifested that the box was thrown oat and the polls closed. M It Is certain that the Democrats have the H jLegislature. Many of the strongest Populist /candidates were defeated, among them 8am uel Adams, to whom the Democrats practi- H cally conceded victory. H RACE RIOT IN GEORGIA. I Fire Colored Men Killed and Two White* Wounded In a Clajh. Q A colored man named "Jack" Oilmore enftered tho residence of William Hutchinson, near Blackville, in Emanuel County, Ga.,1 and, In the absence of the men. folks. insalt-^H ed the female members of the family. The^B action of the man so enraged Mr. Hutchin-^B son that be at once collected a posse of^H friends and started In pursuit of him. Near^l the turpentine still of Rentz <fc Co. they over-^H took the ooiored man and whipped him. The colored men in the vicinity armed^l themselves and made an attack on the^H whites. The latter tired on them, killiog^H Thomas Kearney, Sol Wakens, Joe Leary.^B ?111 Connor ana trans rowers, uvu ?m? men, named Joe Hutchinson and Frank Pow-H| era, were badly wounded. SB McKlnley and Bryan Honored. Two tiny babies, believed to be the est male children ever born to American pa^H rents, have been christened William McKin^H ley MoHiggins and William Jennings Bryat^N HcHlgglns by tnelr fond parents. The mid^H gets were born at Hamlet. lad., and e&ct^H weighs twenty-four ounces. They ar^^H bright, and will live. Tne father is a Ka^H publican and the mother a Democrat, and harmonize differences the names of the lead^^l lag candidates for the Presidency wer^HR auupieu. Auitria to Protect Fanners. Austria propose1 to create an internation^^H union to protect the Central European grai^^B producers against American competiuoi^^H TLiI? proposal u- made in view of pro'oab^^H future aggressive economic legislation o^^H the part of the United States. SB Phenomenal Lack. jH^B "Joe" Huck, of Douglas County, Wiscoi^BB sin, is the latest mnn to achieve pheuomen^^M lucu. Some land he bought for ies* tha^^H 550 turns out to be a copper tract of gre^^H value, and tin claims to have been ofte: S200,000 for it. IU? Mm*'.mh ?? Ui tu. iJnsiaw is brisk among tha buildln^B trades. |9H Washington (D. C.j is to hava a unloi^H label league. ?9| Tinners and iceman formed unions aHH Cleveland, Ohio. The United Garmont Workers report tba^H trade is reviving. 9U Philadelphia's three anions of cigarmak^^B ers will amalgamate. Hfl Tn,lianur\.-\lii? fTnrl \ oWI/a am frvinff fclose stores on Sunday. HH Nashville (Tenn.) onion barbers are prc&^H ecutlng Sun Jay barbers. Mj The American Flint Gla^s Workers' tloual Union has a membership ol 7800. 1